Coder

AI software development

SoftwareEngineer(AIGovernance)

£70–95k United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Engineer (AI Governance) at Coder. Skills: Go backend development, React frontend development, LLM gateway development, AI governance stack development. Design and build product features. Create and improve upon popular open source projects”

What You'll Achieve.

Build and maintain two enterprise-grade components of Coder's AI governance stack; Provide organizations with audit trails, token tracking, cost control, and centralized authentication; Wrap agents with default-deny network policies; Control which domains and methods agents can reach inside workspaces; Improve productivity; Cut cloud costs; Reduce data risks; Accelerate innovation while maintaining control and compliance

Industry & Context.

AI software development
Problems you'll solve

Analytical mindset; Exceptional debugging and troubleshooting skills; Tenacity to drive a solution to a conclusion

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of full-stack experience writing code in a professional setting, 1+ year(s) writing Go (ideally in current or most recent position), Proficiency in building distributed systems in Go, Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Exceptional debugging and troubleshooting skills, Self-motivated with a creative and analytical mindset

Nice to Have

Experience with TypeScript and React, Background in developer tooling, platform engineering, or IaC, Curiosity about the latest tech trends and what is going on in the world of developer tools

What You'll Do.

Design and build product features

Create and improve upon popular open source projects

Champion best practices

Collaborate with Product and Design teams

Collaborate with partners

and operations of systems

Support Coder’s enterprise user base

Work with cutting-edge AI technologies

Rapidly iterate from prototype to implementation

Harden security boundaries

Collaborate with enterprise customers on real-world policy needs

Contribute to Coder's open-source ecosystem

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with Product and Design teams at Coder; Collaborate with partners like JetBrains; Collaborate with enterprise customers on real-world policy needs; Collaborate with internal team members; Collaborate with external contributors; Work alongside Customer Success teams

Communication Scope

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Full Job Description

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to help shape AI governance for developer tooling at Coder. This role sits on our AI Governance team, which builds and maintains two enterprise-grade components of Coder's AI governance stack. AI Gateway is a centralized LLM gateway that sits between coding agents and providers such as OpenAI or Anthropic, providing organizations with audit trails, token tracking, cost control, and centralized authentication. Agent Firewall wraps those agents with default-deny network policies, controlling which domains and methods they can reach inside workspaces. This team works across the full stack - from Go backend and React frontend, to integrating with LLM provider APIs. Day to day, you'll be shipping features, hardening security boundaries, collaborating with enterprise customers on real-world policy needs, and contributing to Coder's open-source ecosystem. What you'll do here - Design and build product features that push the standard for remote development in self-hosted environments - Create and improve upon popular open source projects that integrate with VS Code, JetBrains, and other developer tools - Champion best practices to both internal team members and external contributors - Collaborate with Product and Design teams at Coder, as well as with partners like JetBrains, to execute key product integrations - Document the design, implementation, and operations of systems for knowledge sharing within the team - Work alongside Customer Success teams to support Coder’s enterprise user base - Work with cutting-edge AI technologies to create seamless, painless developer experiences - Rapidly iterate from prototype to implementation in a highly adaptive, reactive team environment What we're looking for - 3+ years of full-stack experience writing code in a professional setting, with 1+ year(s) writing Go (ideally in current or most recent position) - Proficiency in building distributed systems in Go - Excellent verbal and written communica

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